Guardians of Empire: The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940 - Softcover

Linn, Brian McAllister

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807848158 ISBN 13: 9780807848159

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999

Synopsis

In a comprehensive study of four decades of military policy, Brian McAllister Linn offers the first detailed history of the U. S. Army in Hawaii and the Philippines between 1902 and 1940. Most accounts focus on the months preceding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. By examining the years prior to the outbreak of war, Linn provides a new perspective on the complex evolution of events in the Pacific. Exhaustively researched, Guardians of Empire traces the development of U. S. defense policy in the region, concentrating on strategy, tactics, internal security, relations with local communities, and military technology. Linn challenges earlier studies which argue that army officers either ignored or denigrated the Japanese threat and remained unprepared for war. He demonstrates instead that from 1907 onward military commanders in both Washington and the Pacific were vividly aware of the danger, that they developed a series of plans to avert it, and that they in fact identified-even if they could not solve-many of the problems that would become tragically apparent on 7 December 1941.

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Review:

The definitive work on the interwar US Army in the western Pacific.

"Journal of Southeast Asian Studies"

"Fills the void and adds depth and understanding to American military history, Philippine history, and the story of Hawaii.

"Philippine Studies""

A first-class piece of research.

"War in History"

A meticulously researched and well-written military history of a subject that has not been extensively explored.

"American Historical Review"

"Superbly grounded in the sources, Linn offers thoroughly researched descriptions of the principal strategic and tactical issues.

"Journal of Military History""

Superbly grounded in the sources, Linn offers thoroughly researched descriptions of the principal strategic and tactical issues.

"Journal of Military History"

Fills the void and adds depth and understanding to American military history, Philippine history, and the story of Hawaii.

"Philippine Studies"

Synopsis:

In a comprehensive study of four decades of military policy, Brian McAllister Linn offers a detailed history of the US Army in Hawaii and the Philippines between 1902 and 1940. Most accounts focus on the months preceding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. By examining the years prior to the outbreak of war, Linn provides a perspective on the complex evolution of events in the Pacific. "Guardians of Empire" traces the development of US defence policy in the region, concentrating on strategy, tactics, internal security, relations with local communities and military technology. Linn challenges earlier studies which argue that army officers either ignored or denigrated the Japanese threat and remained unprepared for war. He demonstrates instead that from 1907 onward military commanders in both Washington and the Pacific were vividly aware of the danger, that they developed a series of plans to avert it, and that they in fact identified - even if they could not solve - many of the problems that would become tragically apparent on 7 December 1941.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0807848158
• ISBN 13: 9780807848159
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360